flesh-eating

• Beschreibt etwas, das Fleisch verzehrt oder sich von Fleisch ernährt; wird meist im wörtlichen biologischen Kontext verwendet oder bildlich für etwas extrem Aggressives oder Zerstörerisches.

Describes something that consumes or feeds on flesh, typically used in a literal biological context or figuratively for something extremely aggressive or destructive.

1. CarnivorousB2formal

   Describing an animal that feeds on the flesh of other animals.

   Fleischfressend

   • The Komodo dragon is a flesh-eating reptile.
   • Flesh-eating predators play a crucial role in the ecosystem.
   • Some dinosaurs were flesh-eating creatures.

   Synonymecarnivorousmeat-eatingpredaciouspredatoryzoophagous

2. Necrotizing (medical)C1formal

   Describing a type of infection that destroys soft tissue, often rapidly.

   Nekrotisierend (medizinischer Begriff)

   • Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but serious flesh-eating disease.
   • The patient was diagnosed with a flesh-eating bacterial infection.
   • Doctors had to perform surgery to remove the flesh-eating tissue.